The Iron Knight (Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten) (Iron Fey, #4)

by Julie Kagawa

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I didn't except to like this book as much as the others. The fun of this series has been all the angst and if Ash and Meghan spend most of the book apart, where's the fun in that? Also, as I was reading through the first part I felt it suffered a little from the same problem as [b:The Wizard Heir|500743|The Wizard Heir (The Heir Chronicles, #2)|Cinda Williams Chima|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1298426467l/500743._SY75_.jpg|488848] where the best parts were the interactions between the characters and there wasn't enough of that. Ash is cool but he's not that interesting on his own - and he has a fun dynamic with Puck but they really need Meghan to make it vibrant and engaging. Meghan isn't really an interesting enough character on her own either, she needed Ash and Puck to give the story any sort energy.

But as this story progressed there was an aspect of poetry to it; it's haunting and lovely. And I really love when an author says the exact right words at the exact right moment. It's so satisfying and intriguing that I want to just sit and read it again and again, even if it's only a sentence or two.

And in Part 3 there's an element of mythology, a deeper significance that this series has never had but was really good. I loved the trials because they weren't obvious or trite, they meant something and had purpose. The third trial was so tragic. I'd barely started it when I had this horrible realization of what it was and I wondered how that whole aspect hadn't occurred to Ash the whole time. And it was worse to read then I thought it would be. I hate tragedy but I love happy endings in the aftermath of them.